(a) The department and mental health plans shall comply with all applicable federal laws, regulations, and the guidelines, standards, and requirements specified in the state plan, waiver, and mental health plan contract, and, except as provided in this chapter, all applicable state statutes and regulations.
(b) If federal requirements that affect the provisions of this chapter are changed, it is the intent of the Legislature that state requirements be revised to comply with those changes.
(Added by renumbering Section 5776 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 174. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018